Tag: leadership

Credulity is the tendency to believe things too readily, especially on weak or insufficient evidence - essentially gullibility. 'Summit' is the top or peak of something. 'Imaginary paradise' could be utopia or arcadia. 'Having a backbone' refers to vertebral structures.

To creep means to move slowly and quietly with the body close to and parallel to the ground, like a stealthy approach. 'Enthusiasm' refers to eagerness or zeal. A 'very thin piece of wood' is a shaving or veneer. 'Severe dizziness' could be vertigo.

Cremate means to burn a dead body to ashes, typically as part of funeral rites. 'Trace' means to track or follow something. A 'bundle of grain stalks' is a sheaf. 'Enthusiasm' refers to eager devotion or zeal.

A creed is a formal statement of religious belief or a system of ethical principles - like the Apostles' Creed or a personal credo. 'Severe dizziness' is vertigo. A 'pottery fragment' is a shard. 'Summit' refers to the highest point.

Cynical means believing people are motivated purely by self-interest, showing distrust of human sincerity or motives. 'Spoil the effect' is to undermine or mar. 'Sound-making apparatus' is a sounder or instrument. 'Full of life' is animated or vivacious.

Cynosure means something that attracts attention by its brilliancy - originally the North Star (Polaris), now anything that serves as a guiding or attention-grabbing center. 'Of glass' is vitreous. 'Sceptic' is someone who doubts. 'Spoil the effect' is to undermine.

Cuisine refers to a specific style or method of cooking, often associated with a particular region or culture - like French cuisine or Italian cuisine. 'Disposed to revenge' is vindictive. A 'lawyer using questionable methods' is an ambulance chaser or shyster. 'Clear from blame' is exonerated.

Culmination means the highest or final point of something - the climax or peak of a process or event. 'Poisonous snake' could be cobra or viper. 'Relating to stars' is stellar or sidereal. 'Break a law' is to violate or infringe.

Culpable means deserving blame or censure - legally or morally responsible for a fault or wrong. 'Manly' is virile or masculine. 'Switch to a siding' is to shunt. 'Poisonous snake' could be viper, cobra, or adder.

A culprit is a person who has committed a crime or offense - someone guilty of wrongdoing. 'In essence' means fundamentally or basically. 'Put through a sieve' is to sift or strain. 'Manly' describes masculine characteristics.